Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
Front entrance to TSCI.
The Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI) is a medium / maximum security state correctional institution for the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services.
The TSCI is in Nemaha Township, Johnson County, about two miles north of Tecumseh, Nebraska, it was established in 1997. Construction began in 1998, and the TSCI began accepting inmates in December 2001. All inmates at TSCI are males who were adjudicated as adults and classified as medium or maximum custody. The institution is designed to house 960 inmates; it is the only facility in Nebraska to house death row inmates (except inmates who are within a week of their execution, who are housed at Nebraska State Penitentiary).
- Security Levels: Maximum, Medium, Death Row
- Average Population: 900
- Number of Staff: 432
- Cost Per Inmate Per Year: $33,377
External links
- Tecumseh State Correctional Institution official website